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DIY, design and Darwin

I have the world’s worst neighbour. He’s not noisy, doesn’t run a brothel from his garage or use his shed as a meth lab. In fact, he has a nice garden with a manicured lawn, flowering plants of all colours and a water feature ...

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Interview with Tim Akinnusi from Nedbank Home Loans

If you are planning to buy property you need to make sure that you know the ins and outs of the home loan application process. The video below features some great advice from Tim Akinnusi from Nedbank Homeloans to aid you in ...

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Buyers’ blues

We all know that the world of shopping isn’t for the fainthearted. Ladies who know their stuff can get almost anything at a better price, and those who really know their stuff can take almost anything back too. While many may ...

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When landlords and tenants disagree

As long as there are landlords and tenants there are going to be rental disputes. Tenants may believe that the landlord isn’t doing his bit to maintain the property, while the landlord feels that he constantly has to attend to ...

Too many tenants in the queue
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Too many tenants in the queue

Landlords have had a bit of a dry white season these last couple of years and those who chose to rent out properties must now be over the moon to hear that the demand for rental properties is fast outstripping supply. In most ...

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Beauty behind the “boerewors curtain”

Residents from behind the “boerewors curtain” in Cape Town have their property interests firmly vested in an imaginary dividing line, between Cape Town’s northern and southern suburbs. 

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There's no backing out once the offer is in

Buyers and sellers are human and sometimes they change their minds, even after signing a sale agreement. The law tends to frown on this and adopts the approach of pacta sunt servanda, or “agreements must be kept”. From the ...

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Smaller is better for first-time buyers

Size matters, as the saying goes. And, in the case of property in the current economy, first-time buyers are advised to aim for smaller and wiser rather than larger, which will become increasing less affordable. The recent 0.5% ...

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Price it right

Over the past few years many sellers have found themselves in the position – voluntarily or otherwise – where they have had to sell their properties for less than their original asking price. Selling below asking price is not a ...